Medicine Grand Rounds

The Department of Medicine hosts local faculty and outstanding regional or national leaders in their respective fields, who present on a range of topics in weekly grand rounds that represent all of the department’s subspecialties. Each year, the Medicine Grand Rounds schedule offers presentations in a variety of formats. These presentations are designed for our faculty, residents, fellows, other healthcare professionals, and researchers who wish to remain up to date on new science in their field and to encourage collaboration among scientists and physicians. Medicine Grand Rounds are held weekly at 12:00pm in the LHAS auditorium. Attendees can receive CME credit.

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Tuesdays, Noon-1:00pm

LHAS Auditorium, Montefiore Hospital

2024

January 2
Holiday - No Meeting
January 9
Madhu Choudhary, MD
Nupur Gupta, DO, MPH
Urvi Parikh, PhD
MC: Deborah McMahon, MD
Bench to Bedside
Advances in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Cure
Watch Presentation / CME Module
January 16
Cancelled
January 23
Ghady Haidar, MD
Daria Van Tyne, PhD
Bench to Bedside
Bacteriophage: The Next Generation of Antimicrobial Agents
Watch Presentation / CME Module
January 30
Matthew Neal, MD
Philip Spinella, MD
Bench to Bedside
Coagulopathy and Hemostatic Resuscitation: From Bench to Bedside and Back
Watch Presentations
February 6
Mark Geraci, MD
Graham Snyder, MD, MS
Update on COVID-19
Watch Presentations / CME Module
February 13
William Bain, MD
Travis Lear, PhD
Tomeka Suber, MD, PhD
K Awardee Presentations
  • Dr. Bain: "It’s a two-way street”: lung-blood cross-talk during pathogen-mediated lung injury
  • Dr. Lear: Inhibition of Virally-Induced TFEB Proteasomal Degradation as a Host-Centric Therapeutic Approach for Coronaviral Infection
  • Dr. Suber: Metabolites as biomarkers and mediators of host resilience in acute lung injury
Watch Presentations / CME Module
February 20
Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD
*Virtual*
C.F. Reynolds Lecture
Caring for Immigrant Patients: Clinical and Institutional Challenges
February 27
Oliver Eickelberg, MD
Tobias Petzold, MD, PhD
Brown bear hibernation and the role of HSP47 down-regulation or ablation and its contributing to thromboprotection in bears
Watch Presentations
March 5
Cancelled
March 12
Joshua D. Safer, MD
Leaders In Medicine
Gender Affirming Medicine:
Framing and Insights for 2024
CME Module
March 19
Carl June, MD
*Virtual*
Leaders In Medicine
Updates with CAR T for Cancer and Autoimmunity
March 26
Ilias Christodoulou, MD
Adriana Cifuentes de la Torre, MD
Linda Jiang, MD
Ngozi Osuji, MBBS
Resident Research Presentations
  • Dr. Christodoulou: Optimizing CAR-based Therapeutic Strategies in Hematologic Malignancies
  • Dr. Cifuentes de la Torre: Machine Learning and Polygenic Risk Score Models of Appetite Predict Response to GLP-1 Receptor Agonist in Patients with Obesity
  • Dr. Jiang: Multi-target Stool DNA Testing for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Clinical Practice
  • Dr. Osuji: TitleTBD
April 2
Dr. Mark Geraci, Chief Residents, and Faculty
Trivia Bowl
April 9
Jason Dominitz MD, MHS
The Sadie Gerson Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture
Shining Light Where the Sun Don’t Shine: Is Colonoscopy Really the Best Colorectal Cancer Screening Test?
April 16
Madeline Li, MD, PhD
Tisherman Lecture
“Made in Canada”: Lessons Learned from Medically Assisted Dying in Canada
April 23
Esa Davis, MD
Leaders In Medicine
Wednesday, May 1
William Gahl, MD, PhD
Research Day
May 7
Paul Duprex, PhD
Leaders In Medicine
May 14
Sonya Borrero, MD, MS
May 21
Robert Winn, MD
*Virtual*
Leaders In Medicine
May 28
No Meeting
June 4
Ann O’Hare, MD
Fraley Lecture
Friday, June 7
Lynn Schnapp, MD
Rogers Lectureship

Click here to view September-December 2023 Presentations

2023

September 12Hussain Mahmud, MD
Katrina Han, MD
Endocrinology Year in Review
Watch Presentations
September 19Benjamin Nacev, MD, PhD
Niranjana Natarajan, PhD
Anita Saraf, MD, PhD
Special K
Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Nacev: Genomics and epigenomics of bone and soft tissue tumors
  • Dr. Natarajan: Mitochondrial biogenesis in macrophages exacerbates inflammation in atherosclerosis
  • Dr. Saraf: Hypomorphic NOTCH1 expression and its phenotypic correlation to cardiomyocytes in congenital heart disease
September 26John Pacella, MD
Dan Shiwarski, PhD
Bench to Bedside
ASCVD: current treatments, emerging therapies, and the potential for engineered vascular systems

Watch Presentations
October 3Bokai Zhu, PhD
Matthew Steinhauser, MD
Bench to Bedside
Biological rhythms in health and disease: discovery of new non-circadian 12-hour rhythms in mice and humans
Watch Presentations
October 10Anwaar Saeed, MD
Ibrahim Sahin, MD
Janie Zhang, MD
Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology Research Year in Review
Watch Presentations
October 17Edsel Maurice T. Salvana, MD, DTM&HLeaders In Medicine
How a TED Talk Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Lives from COVID-19
Watch Presentation
October 24Noor Khan, MD
David Rometo, MD
Obesity Medicine Year in Review
Watch Presentations
October 31No Meeting
November 7Melanie Königshoff, MD, PhD
Frank Sciurba, MD
Bench to Bedside
COPD mechanisms to clinical practice at the dawn of precision medicine
Watch Presentations
November 14Blaise Abramovitz, DO
Pooja Amarapurkar, MD
Renal Year in Review
Watch Presentations
November 21Holiday - No Meeting
November 28Jason Becker, MD
Timothy Wong, MD
Bench to Bedside
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Watch Presentations
December 5Robyn Domsic, MD, MPH
Jeremy Tilstra, MD, PhD
Rheumatology Year in Review
Watch Presentations
December 12Sarah Falta, MD
David Newhouse, MD
Sebastian Niezen, MD
Jabra Zarka, MD
Resident Research Presentations
  • Dr. Falda: Use of Machine Learning Tools to Identify Social Determinants of Health Associated With Readmissions in Cardiogenic Shock Patients
  • Dr. Newhouse: Elevated Plasma Levels of Ketone Bodies are Associated with All-Cause Mortality and Incidence of Heart Failure in Older Adults: A Machine-Learning Approach
  • Dr. Niezen: Omics and Extreme Phenotyping Reveal Longitudinal Association Between Left Atrial Size and Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Dr. Zarka: A Pilot Study of RP1 in High-Risk Primary Melanoma to Reduce the Risk of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis
December 19Holiday - No Meeting
December 26Holiday - No Meeting

Click here to view January-June 2023 Presentations

2023

January 3HOLIDAY - No Meeting
January 10Marc Gauthier, MD
Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD
Eleanor Valenzi, MD
PACCM Year in Review
Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Gauthier: Asthma
  • Dr. Kliment: COPD
  • Dr. Valenzi: ILD
January 17Dana Ascherman, MD
Chester Oddis, MD
Bench to Bedside
Myositis and the Anti-Synthetase Syndrome: Bedside to Bench . . . and Back?

Watch Presentation
January 24Sawa Ito, MD, PhD
Warren Shlomchik, MD
Bench to Bedside
IFN-γ potentiates graft-versus-leukemia responses against myeloblastic leukemias: from Bench to Bedside
January 31Ken Ho, MD, MPH
Graham Snyder, MD, MS
Ryan Shields, PharmD, MS
Infectious Diseases Year in Review
Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Ho: Monkeypox
  • Dr. Shields: Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Dr. Snyder: COVID & Influenza
February 7Sylk Sotto, EDD, MBA, MPSLeaders In Medicine
Do they REALLY Trust Us?: An exploration of trust and trustworthiness within a volunteer research registry
Watch Presentation
February 14Allie Dakroub, MD, MS
Andrew Klein, MD
General Internal Medicine Year in Review (Outpatient)
Watch Presentation
February 21Jaipreet Virdi, PhDCF Reynolds Lecture
The Edge of Silence: A History of Fanciful Deafness Fads
February 28Yvette Yien, MD
Julia Xu, MD
Bench to Bedside
Iron Metabolism, Erythropoiesis, and Sickle Cell Disease
Watch Presentation
March 7Wei Sun, MD
Joo Yoon, MD
Haodi Wu, PhD
Special K Club
Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Sun: Post-GWAS Functional Genomics Analysis to Identify Novel Pathogenic Mechanisms of Cardiopulmonary
  • Dr. Yoon: Machine Learning-driven Diagnosis and Management Strategy for Critically-ill Patients
  • Dr. Wu: Exploring Cardiac Diseases: Journey from Animal Physiology to Stem Cell Functional Genomics
March 14Jeffrey Dueker, MD, MPH
Anna Evans Phillips, MD, MS
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Year in Review
Watch Presentations
March 21Marc Triola, MDLeaders In Medicine
Precision Education and the Continuously Learning Medical System
Watch Presentation
March 28Rod Tan, MD, PhD
Manisha Jhamb, MD, MPH
Bench to Bedside
Chronic Kidney Disease
Watch Presentations
April 4Eva Aagaard, MDLeaders In Medicine
Medical Education: Updates and Controversies
Watch Presentation
April 11

Cancelled

April 18Sandy Rader, DNP, MSA, RN, NEA-BC
Louis Alarcon, MD, FACS, FCCM
State of the Union at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside
April 25Andrew (Andy) McMahon, PhD, FRSResearch Day
Developmental Strategizing Towards Kidney Disease
May 2Jonathan Alder, PhD
John McDyer, MD
Telomere Biology and Lung Transplantation: Why it’s not always about the Lung
Watch Presentations
May 9

Cancelled

May 16Lisa Satlin, MDFraley Lecture
A journey of discovery into the renal regulation of potassium homeostasis: clues from development and disease
Watch Presentation
May 23Kathryn Berlacher, MD, MS
Jennifer Corbelli, MD, MS
Annie Im, MD
Agnes Koczo, MD
Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS
Benjamin Sprague, MD, MS
Building a Village: Implementation of a Infertility, Pregnancy Loss and Postpartum Support Network in an Academic Medical Center
Watch Presentations
May 30Jing Luo, MD
Bedowra Zabeen, MD
Opportunities and challenges for conducting clinical trials in low- and middle-income country settings: early lessons from Bangladesh and the HumAn-1 Study
Watch Presentations
Jun 6Deborah Moss, MD, MPH, FAAP
Jack Rozel, MD, MSL, DFAPA
Vaishali Dixit Schuchert, MD, FACS
Doctors, Guns, & Money: Physicians and Fixing the Problem of Firearm Injuries
Watch Presentations
Friday*
June 9
Peter Chen, MDRogers Lectureship
Surviving viral pandemics: The host response to respiratory viral infections
Watch Presentation

Click here to view September-December 2022 Presentations

2022

September 6

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS
Suji Uhm, MD, MPH
Marian Jarlenski, PhD
Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD
Greer Donley, JD

Ensuring patient-centered care in a post-Roe world

September 13

Ken Ho, MD

Monkeypox Update

Watch Presentation

September 20

Rachel Hannum, MD
Andrew Knight, MD
Amy Labar, MD
Gautam Rangavajla, MD
Bradley Very, MD

Residents Research Presentations

Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Hannum: Gender Difference in Burnout and Fulfillment: Can Leadership Close the Gap?
  • Dr. Knight: The Effect of Immunosuppression During Anti-PD-1 Treatment for Stage III Melanoma
  • Dr. Labar: Plasma Levels of Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity (sST2) Are Associated with Markers of Injury, Severity of Illness, and Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure
  • Dr. Rangavajla: Guideline-directed medical therapy in primary prevention defibrillator recipients and their mortality risk
  • Dr. Very: Demographic Differences in Palliative Care Contact Among Patients with Heart Failure

September 27

Lise Vesterlund, PhD

The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work

Watch Presentation

October 4

Mohammad Al-Bataineh, DVM, MS, PhD
Marc C. Gauthier, MD
Craig Seaman, MD, MS

Special K Club

Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Al-Bataineh: Novel Role for MUC1 in Acid-Base Homeostasis
  • Dr. Gauthier: CCL5 as a Potential Bridge Between T1-High and T2-High Asthma
  • Dr. Seaman: Von Willebrand Disease Aging and Bleeding Correlation Study (VWD ABC)

October 11

Rupa Marya, MD

Tisherman Lecture

The Anatomy of Injustice: Interventions to Treat What Ails Us

Watch Presentation
*Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics and Health Law

October 18

Maggie Whelan, MD, PhD
Sheila Velez Martinez, JD

Leaders in Medicine

Asylum Evaluations and the Impact of Physicians

Watch Presentation

October 25

Sandeep Jain, MD
Guy Salama, PhD

Bench to Bedside

Atrial Fibrillation

Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Jain: Mechanisms and Management of Atrial Fibrilation
  • Dr. Salama: Relaxin as a Therapy for Atrial Fibrilation

November 1

Adriana Cifuentes De La Torre, MD
Mohanad Hamandi, MD
Susan Jacob, MD
Sarah Mann, MD

Residents Research Presentations

Watch Presentations
  • Dr. Cifuentes De La Torre: Calorie Restriction and Metabolic Adaptations in Obesity
  • Dr. Hamandi: The Association of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins With Cognitive Function: ELSA‐Brazil (the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health)
  • Dr. Jacob: Ultra-processed food consumption and multi year clinical trajectories in IBD
  • Dr. Mann: Impact of Cutaneous Vasculitis on Quality-of-Life

November 8

Lena Makaroun, MD, MS
Cara Mitchell, DO
Eric Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Geriatics Year In Review

Watch Presentations

November 15

No MeetingCancelled/Postponed to 2023

November 22

BREAK - No Meeting

November 29

Konstantinos Aronis, MD
Anum Saeed, MD
Natalie Stokes, MD

Cardiology Year in Review

Watch Presentations

December 6

Ann Perrin, MD, MPH
Michael Simonson, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine Year in Review (Hospital)

Watch Presentations

December 13

Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD
Ibrahim Sultan, MD

Bench to Bedside

Aortic Stenosis and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

December 20

HOLIDAY - No Meeting

December 27

HOLIDAY - No Meeting

Selected Medicine Grand Rounds presentations can be viewed on the DOM Medical Education Resources website.

Grand Rounds Formats

Special K Club – Features our star mid-career physician-scientists with K-awards; their work spans the bench to the bedside and represents the best present and future of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC.

Discovery – Focused on major scientific discoveries and their impact on the future of medicine and health. The process of discovery, including historical background, will be emphasized with a conclusion highlighting future implications in the field.

Specialty Year in Review – Each Division will review hot topics and landmark papers over the past year.

Spotlight Series – Each Division will organize a session focusing on the translation of basic discoveries to the bedside or population. In each session, one speaker will discuss basic or translational research findings and another will focus on the clinical applications of the science.

Leaders in Medicine – The Chief Residents, in collaboration with the Department Chair, will select and invite prominent outside speakers. When possible, additional “meet the professor” or “rock star” sessions will be held for house staff groups.

Named Lecture Series – The Department and individual Divisions support a number of named lectures each year. Organizers from sponsoring Divisions will work with the Chief Residents to select these featured lectureship recipients.

Point – Counterpoint – Two controversial topics are chosen for the annual Health Policy Debate and Med-Ed Debate. These moderated debates between two speakers are among the most popular Grand Rounds of the year.

Senior Resident Talks – The last Grand Rounds of the year is reserved fro two selected senior talks from the graduating residency class. These speakers are selected by a committee within the residency and honored at the Senior Banquet.

In the summer, Grand Rounds is replaced by resident lecture series and intern “boot camp lectures.”

Each Division holds specialty and sub-specialty Grand Rounds presentations.

Specialty and Sub-Specialty Grand Rounds

Cardiology

Cardiology Grand Rounds provides cardiology faculty and staff an opportunity to hear speakers from across the nation discuss current cutting-edge topics that include basic science, translational, clinical, and educational cardiology research.  The Cardiology Grand Rounds Conference is held on Tuesdays at 7:00am.

Endocrinology and Metabolism

The University-Wide Conference (Endocrine Grand Rounds) consists of lectures by external and internal speakers to expose faculty and trainees to cutting edge research and clinical care developments in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and to increase their basic science knowledge base. Held Fridays at 8:00am.

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

GI Grand Rounds are lectures by external and internal faculty and case presentations from GI fellows. Held weekly on Wednesdays at 5:00pm.  GI Research Rounds are held weekly, featuring gastrointestinal research presentations from a multidisciplinary lecture core. Held Fridays at 12:00pm.

Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds are held on Friday mornings at 8:00-9:30am.

Hematology/Oncology

Grand Rounds are held every Wednesday at 8:00am. Different types of cancers are discussed each week, and the meetings are open to physicians, physician’s assistants, and nurses who are interested in cancer research.

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds are held on Thursdays at 4pm.

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Pulmonary Grand Rounds lectures are held monthly on Thursdays, 12:00-1:00pm
Sleep Medicine Grand Rounds are held on Thursdays at 4:00pm.

Renal-Electrolyte

Renal Grand Rounds are held on alternating Thursdays.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Rheumatology Grand Rounds features a presentation and discussion of the diagnosis and/or management of difficult or interesting cases seen on inpatient consultation service or in the outpatient clinics. A guest speaker from outside the University is invited once a month to speak at the conference. Grand Rounds are held on Fridays at 8:15am.